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water; there tails nothing there but SnoW,and that continuing all that while on theground without Ditsolution , hinders all a c 'eds of Vapours to the Earth ; it any rote,° rwere by Winds carried so high in that forrfl,as I am confident there are not. And yet idsall that, do not those Springs fail, but con-tinue to run all Winter ; and it is likely too,without diminution ; which isa longer tim cthan Droughts usually last ; especially if weconsider that this want of supply, is con-stant and annual; whereas Droughts arc butrare and accidental. So that we need notwonder any more, that Springs should con-tinue to run, and without diminution too,in times of Drought. True it is, that thoseRivers run low all Winter, so lar as theSnoW'extends, and to a good distance from theitHeads; but that is lor want of their acciden-tal supplies from showers. Nay, I believe,that even in Summer, the Vapours are bdrarely raised so high in a liquid form i"the free Air, remote from the Mountains,but are frozen into Snow, before they arriveat that height. For the Middle Region of th eAir, where the Walk of the Clouds is,least the siiperiour part of it, is so cold as tofrecz the Vapours that ascend so high, evenin Summer time. For we fee that in th eHeight and heat of Summer, in great Tim* 1 '